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Do you comply with BCAS food and beverage compressed air guidelines?

Do you comply with BCAS food and beverage compressed air guidelines?

The British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) has prepared new Best Practice Guidelines, in conjunction with advice from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and in association with the Food and Beverage industry requirements. Safety in food and beverage processing and production must be of paramount importance, and Thorite can ensure compliance.

3rd December 2014
London hydraulics and pneumatics self-serve supermarket opens

London hydraulics and pneumatics self-serve supermarket opens

Parker Hannifin, in partnership with distributor Hopespare Limited, opened the first London ParkerStore last week - creating the first self-serve supermarket for hydraulics and pneumatics products in the capital.

20th November 2014
Bespoke catalogue creator for industrial automation selection

Bespoke catalogue creator for industrial automation selection

Plant management professionals are set to receive a productivity boost because Austrian software company COPA-DATA has released a bespoke catalogue creator on its website. The new tool allows users to generate and customise catalogues from a pre-existing list of pages about the company's industrial automation software package, zenon.

14th November 2014

Rockwell Automation to host 23rd Annual Automation Fair Event

Rockwell Automation to host 23rd Annual Automation Fair Event

The manufacturing sector is on the cusp of unprecedented change, when operations and information technology seamlessly and securely converge to generate actionable data that leads to more profitable decisions. The tools, technologies and systems that enable this new connected enterprise will be the focus of the 2014 Automation Fair event, hosted by Rockwell Automation and the members of its PartnerNetwork programme.

30th October 2014

Endoline scoops top award for innovative Random Case Sealer

Endoline scoops top award for innovative Random Case Sealer

Endoline Machinery has received the top technological gong at the recent PPMA Awards for their 744 Fully Automatic Random Case Sealer - an automated system which is believed to the fastest of its type on the global market.

23rd October 2014
Lean manufacturing at PPMA with Cimlogic

Lean manufacturing at PPMA with Cimlogic

Manufacturers looking to improve operations and performance need look no further than stand K51 at the PPMA show in September, where Lean Six Sigma "˜Black Belt', Keith Findlay from manufacturing execution systems (MES) specialist Cimlogic, will be on hand to help them kick-start their Continuous Improvement journey.

15th October 2014
Omron unveils new automation products at PPMA show

Omron unveils new automation products at PPMA show

Omron is unveiling new HMI, vision and sensing products at the 2014 PPMA show, as well as showing its full range of integrated automation products and systems that will demonstrate how integrated, open controls can be used to calculate vitally important metrics such as Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and connected with enterprise-level planning systems.

10th October 2014
Remotely operated pneumatic water pumping system keeps Guernsey dry

Remotely operated pneumatic water pumping system keeps Guernsey dry

Much like the mainland UK, Guernsey has been ravaged by the forces of nature this year. But thanks to a remotely controlled, pneumatically operated pumping station that was completed last year, one area of the island has escaped damage from the resulting floods.

9th October 2014
Linear chain proves a grand design

Linear chain proves a grand design

Push-pull actuation of heavy loads using the Linear Chain Actuator from RA Rodriguez is gaining wide application appeal across all walks of engineering.  Indeed one of its main selling points is the compact nature of the drive which means it is often selected for tasks where technical performance and aesthetics are of equal importance. And for a project on the television programme, Grand Designs, it proved the ideal solution.

9th October 2014
New orientation, singulation and product separation system

New orientation, singulation and product separation system

UPM is showing a number of innovative conveyor systems at this year's Processing and Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA) exhibition at the NEC, Birmingham from 30 September to 2 October 2014. Chief among these will be a new orientation, singulation and product handling separation system. The company will also demonstrate a number of stainless steel and high molecular weight polyethylene (HMWPE) conveyors. The UPM systems on show will include gravity rollers and accumulation tables that also display features such as static elimination and product cooling.

8th October 2014
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